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When infrastructures fail / Stephen Graham -- Managing the risk of cascading failure in complex urban infrastructures / Richard G. Little -- Disoriented city : infrastructure, social order, and the policy response to Hurricane Katrina / Benjamin Sims -- Power loss or blackout : the electricity network collapse of August 2003 in North America / Timothy W. Luke -- Containing insecurity : logistic space, U.S. port cities, and the "war on terror" / Deborah Cowen -- Clogged cities : sclerotic infrastructure / Simon Marvin and Will Medd-- Securitizing networked flows : infectious diseases and airports / S. Harris Ali and Roger Keil -- Disruption by design : urban infrastructure and political violence / Stephen Graham -- Infrastructure, interruption, and inequality : urban life in the global south / Colin McFarlane

Infrastructure in Lesotho is relatively undeveloped with poor coverage and low-quality services common to many African countries that have low per capita incomes and government fiscal limitations that constrain infrastructure investment. This report finds that private participation in infrastructure could offer Lesotho three key advantages: (1) augmenting budget resources in cases where the private sector undertakes to finance projects or services that would not otherwise be funded, (2) improving the quality and efficiency of service delivery, and (3) accelerating investments in infrastructure

1. Digitalizing infrastructure: active management for smarter networks / Juan Montero and Matthias Finger -- 2. Digitalization technologies: the evolution of smart networks / Günter Knieps -- 3. Digitalizing telecommunications: innovation, complexity and diversity in the internet ecosystem / Volker Stocker and Günter Knieps -- 4. Digitalization in road projects: toward a more integrated mobility supply / Carlos Oliveira Cruz and Joaquim Miranda Sarmento -- 5. Digitalizing maritime transport: digital innovation as a catalyzer of sustainable transformation / Anastasia Tsvetkova, Magnus Gustafsson and Kim Wikström -- 6. Digitalizing railways: the platform dilemma / Juan Montero -- 7. Digitalizing aviation infrastructure: the role of technology in overcoming fragmentation / Iván László Arnold and Lorenzo Casullo -- 8. Digitalization in the postal and delivery sector: between electronic substitution of letter mail and thriving e-commerce / Christian Jaag -- 9. Digitalization of the electricity infrastructure: a key enabler for the decarbonization and decentralization of the power sector / Nicolò Rossetto and Valerie Reif -- 10. Digitalization in the drinking water sector: towards smart water supply management / Brenda Espinosa Apráez -- 11. Digitalization, efficiency and convergence / Matthias Finger and Juan Montero.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acronyms & -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Foreword - H.E. Mrs Sahlework Zewde -- Foreword - Ibrahim Thiaw -- Introduction -- Executive summary -- 01: Transformative leapfrogging to a wellbeing economy in Africa -- Introduction -- Environment and economic development -- Leapfrogging and social transformations -- Transformative leapfrogging to wellbeing economy -- Conclusion -- References -- 02: Ecological infrastructure as a basis for the African wellbeing economy -- Introduction -- A social-ecological systems approach to development -- The current state and trends in Africa -- Applying a social-ecological systems approach to sustainable food -- Emerging knowledge, techniques and best practices in sustainable development -- Ecosystem-based adaptation -- Key policy and strategic issues for African countries -- Conclusion -- References -- 03: Sustainable energy systems in Africa -- Introduction -- Africa's energy system -- Theorising Africa's sustainable energy system, innovation and development -- The energy, climate and development dilemma in Africa -- Distributed energy as a sustainable energy pathway -- Discussion: Criteria for success -- Conclusion -- References -- 04: Inclusive and sustainable industrial development for Africa -- Introduction -- Drivers of industrialisation and its impact -- Industrialisation and Africa -- Inclusive and sustainable industrialisation -- Conclusions -- References -- 05: Sustainable urban development in Africa -- Introduction -- Sustainability through an urban lens: A systemic approach -- The challenges and opportunities of urbanisation in Africa -- Key policy and strategic issues for African countries -- Where to from here? -- Supporting tools for strategic decision-making and planning -- Conclusion -- References.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for China, Russia and Central Asian Infrastructure -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Building Organizations Not Cooperation -- Railroad-Not Silk Road -- China Looking Westward -- Central Asia Through Various Lenses -- Chapter Outline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 Central Asia as a Region -- Which Region? Central Asia vs. Central Eurasia -- Implications from Security, Identity and Interdependence on the Central Asian Region -- Constraints to Regional Cooperation -- Analyzing Central Asian Regionalism -- Obdurate Infrastructure -- Institution of Sovereignty -- Reconstructing Interests -- Voluntary Transformation of Identities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 Multilateral Organizations as a Questionable Reflection of Regionalism -- 'Home-Grown' Regional Organizations -- The CIS-The Initial Form of Post-Soviet Regionalism -- Eurasian Integration: Narrowing Down the Region -- The Eurasian Economic Community and the Eurasian Economic Union-Toward 'Harder' Regionalism -- Defined by Interests, But Not Always Serving Them -- Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Serving Various Goals -- 'Functionalism Upside Down' -- Chinese Style of Regionalism -- Dynamics Defined by the Two Major Powers -- The Challenge of Institutional Regionalism -- Mutual Interests: Security and Regime Stability -- Infrastructure Development -- Trade and Economic Cooperation -- Energy -- Limitations of Institutions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 No Loans-No Roads: Multilateral Financial Institutions and Their Effect on Regionalism -- Background -- SCO-Based Initiatives -- The SCO Interbank Association-Slow Steps in the Cooperative Direction -- The SCO Finance Banking Association-"SCO" Only in Name -- SCO Development Bank-A Failed Compromise -- Intermediate Conclusion.

Project sponsors in Europe are facing more and more difficulty when acquiring conventional long-term bank loans for infrastructure projects. The regulatory landscape for debt markets will evolve further with implementation of Basel III requirements. Recently, the Asset Quality Review under the European Central Bank's Comprehensive Assessment process, and related pressures on banks' balance sheets, have constrained bank long-term lending. This has led to much discussion on non-conventional bank funding options for infrastructure deals in the future. This book analyses the project bond financing solution in detail, identifying all the specific features that make it highly suitable for large capital intensive infrastructure projects. The first part of the book assesses the main characteristics and prerequisites of project finance, including public-private partnership, infrastructure project assets and greenfield versus brownfield projects. It then discusses the European infrastructure project finance market in detail, before comparing bank conventional lending versus the project bond solution. In the final part of the book, the author presents the Europe 2020 project bond initiative, and reveals a range of key case studies and their findings.

Intro -- Title Page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Participants Photo -- Contents -- Critical Infrastructure Systems Including Innovative Methods of Protection -- Analysis of Consequences of Terrorist Attacks at Hazardous Industrial Facilities According to Directive on Prevention of Severe Accidents -- The Innovation of Special Coating for Defence of Information Leak and Radio Activated Blasting in Case of Critical Infrastructure Buildings -- Analysis, Design and Protection of Blast Loaded Windows -- Problems of Protection of Civil and Military Infrastructure Objects Under Dynamic Impacts -- Shock and Impact Resistance of Elements for Civil and Military Infrastructure Object -- Improvised Explosive Devices and Charge Size Estimation -- Application of New Materials - Composite and Metal Foams in Buildings -- An Insight into Mitigation of Glass Soft Targets and Design of Protective Facades -- Moroccan Laboratory with High-Performance Tools for Perforation Tests at Elevated Temperatures -- Review of Methods Available for Numerical Evaluation of Blast-Loaded Structures -- Failure Simulation of Brick Protective Walls Under Explosive Aerial Shock Waves -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

Infrastructure and its effects on economic growth, social welfare, and sustainability receive a great deal of attention today. There is widespread agreement that infrastructure is a key dimension of global development and that its impact reaches deep into the broader economy with important and complex implications for social progress. At the same time, infrastructure finance is among the most complex and challenging areas in the global financial architecture. Ingo Walter, Professor of Finance, Corporate Governance and Ethics Emeritus at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and his team of experts tackles the issue by focussing on key findings backed by serious theoretical and empirical research. The result is a set of viable guideposts for researchers, policy-makers, students and anybody interested in the complex challenges of contemporary economy.